July 4 Animation 2023

Celebrating America’s birthday with a whoosh, zip, BANG.

This animation was a collaboration with the design team at Northern Virginia Graphics. I led this project by directing the artists to submit videos which I was able to stitch together and form a collage. The videos are tied together through a rogue firecracker that is initiated by the company’s founder tossing it off-screen.

This piece plays around with framing and highlights both subtle and significant actions captured in the videos. It utilizes comic book framing techniques but breaks their mold by having its actions and effects burst from the screen.